Chinese man covered with 460,000 bees for honey stunt

This picture taken on April 9, 2014 showing She Ping, a 34 year-old local beekeeper, covered with a swarm of bees. - AFP

BEIJING: A Chinese beekeeper covered his semi-naked body in more than 460,000 bees for a publicity stunt aimed at selling more of his honey, he told AFP Thursday, using a technique known as "bee bearding." 

She Ping, a 34-year-old honey merchant from the southwestern Chinese metropolis of Chongqing, covered himself in bees that collectively weighed more than 45kg (100 pounds) in a display for a group of French photographers on Wednesday.